Gideon Collection

Gideon Welles - 2
GIDEON WELLES American statesman, Secretary of the Navy Date: 1802 - 1878

Melville Gideon at the Piano
Melville Gideon (1884-1933) was an American composer, lyricist and performer. Here he is appearing in The Co-Optimists, a variety revue show that originally opened in London in 1921

The Company of the Co-optimists, October 1921
Nine of the ten Co-Optimists, a variety revue in London. From left to right (top row) Phyllis Monkman, Laddie Cliff, Elsa Macfarlane, Stanley Holloway; (second row) Betty Chester

Sri Lankan brown fish owl, Ketupa zeylonensis. (Great Ceylonese eared owl, Strix zeylonensis.) After an illustration by Pieter de Bevere provided by Governor Joan Gideon Loten

African rail, Rallus caerulescens and clymene moth
African rail, Rallus caerulescens (Rallus capensis) and clymene moth, Haploa clymene. After an illustration by Pieter de Bevere supplied by Governor Joan Gideon Loten

Eastern water rail, Rallus indicus (Ceylon rail, Rallus zeylanicus) and Galene butterfly (Danai festivi). After an illustration by Pieter de Bevere supplied by Governor Joan Gideon Loten

Unknown birds of Sri Lanka: Pink-coloured warbler, Motacilla caryophyllacea, and green wagtail, Motacilla viridis. Sri Lanka tussah silk moth, Antheraea cingalesa (Ceylon silk moth, Bombia paphia)

Black-capped bulbul, Pycnonotus melanicterus, and unknown Sri Lankan warbler. (Yellow breasted flycatcher, Muscicapa melanictera, and green warbler)

Red-vented bulbul and white-spectacled bulbul
Red-vented bulbul, Pycnonotus cafer, and sooty-headed bulbul, Pycnonotus aurigaster. (Yellow-vented flycatcher and red-vented warbler)

Brown hawk-owl on a mango tree
Brown hawk-owl, Ninox scutulata (Falco badius), on a mango tree, Mangifera indica, in Sri Lanka. From a watercolour by Pieter de Bevere supplied by Governor Joan Gideon Loten

Straw-headed bulbul, Pycnonotus zeylanicus (Yellow-crowned thrush, Turdus ochrocephalus). After an illustration by Pieter de Bevere supplied by Governor Joan Gideon Loten

Sri Lanka green pigeon, Treron pompadora (Pompadour pigeon, Columba pompadora, of Ceylon). After an illustration by Pieter de Bevere supplied by Governor Joan Gideon Loten

Pink-necked green pigeon, Treron vernans vernans. (Purple pigeon or jooan of Java, Columba purpurea.) After an illustration by Pieter de Bevere supplied by Governor Joan Gideon Loten

Chestnut-bellied partridge, Arborophila javanica (Javan partridge, Tetrao javanicus). After an illustration by Pieter de Bevere supplied by Governor Joan Gideon Loten

Crimson-throated barbet and unknown warbler
Crimson-throated barbet, Megalaima rubricapillus, and unknown warbler. (Red-crowned barbet, Bucco rubricapillus and olive coloured warbler)

Pitta brachyura, Indian pitta
Plate 51, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris, mocking cliffchat
Plate 49, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

The Worthing Pier Pavilion. Performing were the Co-Optimists, a variety revue from London starring: Laddie Cliff, Elsa Macfarlane, Stanley Holloway, Davy Burnaby, Melville Gideon, Babs Valerie

Gideon V Midianites
Gideon, with encouragement from God, leads his fellow- Israelites against the Midianites, who are forced to retreat from the Promised Land

Gideon Encouraged
An angel encourages Gideon to take arms against the Midianites, promising dive help

The miracle of the fleece - Judges 6. circa 1690

Gideons sacrifice - Judges 6. circa 1690

Gideons soldiers - Judges 7. circa 1690

Ernst Gideon von Laudon (1717-1790). Colored engraving
Ernst Gideon von Laudon (1717-1790). Austrian Geneneralissimo. Engraving after an original drawn by F.B. Durmer, 1766. The Universal History, 1885. Colored

Caricature of Johnny Gideon and Charley Head
Caricature of Johnny Gideon (aka E Manuel), playwright, and Charley Head, theatre manager and bookmaker. 1883

Gideon and the miracle of the fleece. Date: circa late 19th century

Belvedere House, Kent seat of sir Sampson Gideon Date: 1777

Gideon Welles - 1
GIDEON WELLES American statesman Date: 1802 - 1878

Gideon J Pillow
GIDEON JOHNSON PILLOW American general whose conduct both in the Mexican war and as a confederate general in the Civil War was not that of an officer or a gentleman. Date: 1806 - 1878

Gideon Freiherr Loudun
GIDEON ERNST, freiherr von LOUDUN Austrian military commander Date: 1716 - 1790

Original Nashville Students in alliance with Gideons Big Minstrel Carnival. Date c1899

Original Nashville Students consolidated with Gideons Big Minstrel Carnival. Date c1899

Rusco and Holland present the Original Nashville Students in mighty union with Gideons Big Minstrel Carnival. Date c1899

Original Nashville Students combined with Gideons Big Minstrel Carnival. Date c1899

Theatre, famous names of 1925 by Nerman
A series of caricatures of some of the most famous names of the London stage in 1925, including Austin Melford, Cicely James, Gilbert Childs, Anita Elson, Davy Burnaby, Betty Chester

Gideons Lanterns
Gideon, 5th Judge of Israel, equips his army with lamps covered with a pitcher, to frighten their Midianite opponents

Gideon Chooses his Men
His criterion for picking his men is the way they drink from a river : if they kneel and bow their heads he rejects them, choosing only those who lap from their cupped hands

Gideon Versus Midianites
Gideon, 5th judge of Israel, equips his army with lamps covered with pitchers, to frighten their Midianite opponents

Gideon Mantell
GIDEON ALGERNON MANTELL Geologist and palaeontologist

The Midianites Defeated
The Midianites are defeated by the Israelites who panic them by a night attack with much blowing of trumpets and smashing of pottery

Gideons Second Sign
When he asks God to confirm his first sign with a second, a sheeps fleece is soaked in dew while the ground around remains dry, such is the power of the Almighty !

Gideon Summoned by Angel
Gideon is summoned by an angel to deliver the Jews : when he asks for a sign of Gods good intentions, the angel miraculously consumes his sacrifice in a blaze of fire

Gideon Gets the Sign
He asks God for a sign that he will have heavenly support against the Midianites : an angel shows him a sacrificial lamb which bursts into flame with divine fire

Belvedere Mansion
The impressive mansion in Belvedere, Kent, England, seat of Sir Sampson Gideon, a fabulously wealthy financier. Sadly demolished in 1959

Belvedere House / Kent
Belvedere House, Kent: the seat of Sir Sampson Gideon

Gideon Harvey (Elder)
GIDEON HARVEY (the elder) Medical practitioner, physician to Charles II

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